Follow the Louise Brooks Society on Twitter
Do you follow the Louise Brooks Society on Twitter? If not, you should! The LBS ( @LB_Society ) has been on the popular social media platform since 2009 -- that's about 7 years! In fact, the LBS is...
View ArticleSpecial offer: Give the gift of live cinema
2017 San Francisco Silent Film Festival PassHoliday Special: Member - $200/General - $220 (No service charge!)More information HERE.  Give the gift of live cinema with an all-program PASS to the 22nd...
View ArticleLouise Brooks Society wishlist
In case you are wondering, or even worried, what you might give the Louise Brooks Society this holiday season, wonder or worry no more. The Louise Brooks Society has updated its wish list on...
View ArticleAnnouncing a Louise Brooks Documentary on Kickstarter
Documentary of a Lost Girl is a new, in-the-works documentary about Louise Brooks which has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help it reach completion. According to its campaign page, "This film...
View ArticleSilent film stars celebrating the Holidays #1
Here are a couple of images of silent film stars celebrating the Holidays.... First Louise Brooks' one-time co-star Mary Brian, and second, the other bobbed wonder, Colleen Moore.
View ArticleThe shocking edition of Diary of a Lost Girl
Yesterday, I received something very, very special in the mail - my recent order of a scarce edition of Tagebuch einer Verlorenen / Diary of a Lost Girl. Wow, what a score! It came from Germany, and is...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from the Louise Brooks Society #1
A vintage Japanese holiday greeting from Paramount. How many stars can you name? Check back tomorrow for another!
View ArticleHappy Holidays from the Louise Brooks Society #2
A vintage Japanese holiday greeting from Paramount. How many stars can you name? One at least!
View ArticleSilent film stars celebrating the Holidays #2
Here are a couple of images of silent film stars celebrating the Holidays.... First Louise Brooks' one-time co-star Esther Ralston, and second the It Girl, Clara Bow.
View ArticleLouise Brooks in Our News Reel in Rhyme
A poem mentioning Brooks from Photoplay magazine. And Brooks' co-stars W.C. Fields, Adolphe Menjou too....
View ArticleLouise Brooks: A Classic of the Silver Screen
Louise Brooks: A Classic of the Silver Screen . . . .
View ArticleNow Online: Treasures From American Film Archives
The National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) has made freely available for online viewing 47 films from its first DVD set, Treasures from American Film Archives. Originally released in 2000 and...
View ArticleA Look Back at this year's Louise Brooks Society Blog
This year, the Louise Brooks Society posted nearly 200 times. Some were short form posts, and some were long form. As a blogger, I am especially proud of the long form pieces which broke new ground, or...
View ArticleGerman Avant-Garde Films in Japan, 1926
In the silent era, language was no barrier to films fro Europe or the United States being shown elsewhere around the world, including Japan. Then, as now, Japan had an active and curious film culture....
View ArticleHappy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society and Buster Keaton, Japan, 1926
Happy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society. This year, 2017, promises to be a great year for fans of the actress--with the expected release of a new book, at least one new DVD, amultiple screenings...
View ArticleLouise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, part one
A massive project which I have been working on (in between other projects) is Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, a page on the Louise Brooks Society website. It is a work in progress.Louise Brooks...
View ArticlePandora's Box with Louise Brooks screens in London this month
The British Film Institue (BFI) is screening the 1929 Louise Brooks' film, Pandora's Box, not once, but four times in January! The first screening took place yesterday, with the others following on...
View ArticleLouise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, part two
A massive project which I have been working on (in between other projects) is Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, a page on the Louise Brooks Society website. It is a work in progress.Louise Brooks...
View Article2017 Kansas Silent Film Festival includes Louise Brooks Film
The schedule for the 2017 Kansas Silent Film Festival has been announced. Among the special guests are Dr. Harriet Fields, who will be talking about her grandfather W. C. Fields, when the festival...
View ArticleLouise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, part three
A massive project which I have been working on (in between other projects) is Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, a page on the Louise Brooks Society website. It is a work in progress.Louise Brooks...
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